LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

ESCORT FOR YACHT WITH TORN MAINSAIL Plymouth, Devon. At 8.30 on the morning of the 17th August, 1962, the Rame Head coastguard informed the honorary secretary that there was a yacht whose sails had carried away two miles east-south-east of...

FOOD, MAILS AND A DOCTOR Lerwick, Shetland*.—At 9.30 in the evening of the 28th of February, 1947, the postmaster asked, on behalf of himself and the food officer, if the life-boat could go out on the following day to take food and mails to...

Shortly after 5 A.M. j on the 1st November signals of distress were observed from the Gull Light- vessel, and the Life-boat Charles D.ibdin was launched. A heavy sea was running at the time. When the boat reached the Light-vessel they...

The first skin of mahogany being put over the framework of rock elm and oak on the 41-feet Beach type of motor life-boat stationed at Dungeness. - View image in PDF

At 3.15 p.m. on ist February, 1966, the local doctor informed the honorary secretary that he had a patient on Inishere Island suffering from acute appendicitis, who required immediate hospital treatment, and that no other suitable boat was...

MONTROSE, N.B.—On the 5th March, during a very heavy gale from the S.S.E., and an exceedingly heavy sea, accompanied by a snowstorm, the schooner Agnes, of Llanelly, bound thence to Newcastle, while running for Montrose Harbour, went ashore...

Poole, Dorset-At 7.15 p.m. on 2yth March, 1966, a motor launch with three members of the Parkstone Yacht Club on board, which was going to a yacht moored in the middle of the harbour, broke down and was in difficulties. There was a gale from...

COXSWAIN GEORGE LENG of Flam- borough died on the 6th of March, 1955, at the age of 75. He served as coxswain for 14 years, retiring at the end of 1945. He had previously served for more than 11 years as bowman.

In 1937 he...